pancake

Pluralpancakes

Formspancakes, pancaking, pancaked

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A thick, soft, round cake made from batter and cooked in a hot pan.

   He flipped the pancake high in the air and caught it in the pan.

   We ordered a tall stack of pancakes at the diner.

   Similarhotcake, flapjack, griddlecake

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A thin, flat cake made from batter and fried in a pan.

   In England he ate a thin pancake with lemon and sugar.

   They rolled up the pancakes with jam inside.

   Similarcrepe

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A thick makeup made of pressed powder, used to cover the face.

   Like a smooth, even coat of paint, but for the skin.

   The actor wore heavy pancake under the bright stage lights.

   She wiped the pancake off her face after the show.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   Something that is very thin and flat in shape.

   The old book had been pressed into a pancake under the heavy boxes.

   After the crash, the car roof was squashed to a pancake.

   Similarsheet, layer, wafer

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5. 5
   verbtransitive

   To crush something flat with great force.

   A heavy truck can pancake a parked bicycle in seconds.

   The explosion pancaked the storage containers against the wall.

   Similarflatten, crush, squash, level

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6. 6
   verbintransitive

   To fall down one floor onto another, one level at a time.

   The old tower began to pancake as the supports gave way.

   During the quake, several buildings pancaked floor by floor.

   Similarcollapse, crumple

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7. 7
   verbintransitive

   To land an aircraft by dropping it flat onto the ground.

   The pilot had to pancake when the landing gear failed.

   The small plane pancaked onto the runway in the storm.

   Similarcrash-land

8. 8
   nouncountable

   A volleyball save where a flat hand is slid under the ball so it bounces up.

   She dove and made a perfect pancake to save the point.

   His quick pancake kept the ball off the floor.

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9. 9
   nounslangcountable

   A low box that an actor stands on to look taller on camera.

   The director put a pancake under the shorter actor for the scene.

   Stand on the pancake so you match her height in the shot.

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10. 10
    verbintransitive

    To lie stretched out flat against the ground.

    After the race, the tired kids pancake on the grass in the park.

    Our puppy pancaked in the fresh snow with its back legs out behind it.

    Similarsprawl, flatten, splay

11. 11
    nouncountable

    A throw in juggling where a ring spins flat as it travels through the air.

    She added a pancake to her ring routine.

    His pancake wobbled and the ring dropped to the floor.

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12. 12
    noununcountable

    A cheap leather-like material made from scraps glued together, used in shoe parts.

    The cheap shoes had soles made of pancake instead of real leather.

    Old factory insoles were often cut from pancake.

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